Hydrochloric Acid → 1-[[2-(5-Bromo-3-indolyl)-1,1-dimethylethyl]amino]-3-(2-methylphenoxy)-2-propanol hydrochloride

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(2-Methylphenoxymethyl)oxirane, 4.1 g. (0.025 mole) and 6.65 g. (0.025 mole) of 5-bromo-α,α-dimethyl-1H-indol-3-yl-ethaneamine were mixed and heated at 140° for 1 hr. The mixture was then cooled and dissolved in 40 ml. of acetonitrile while still warm. The product was converted to the hydrochloride salt by treatment of the solution with 5 N ethanolic HCl. The solvent was removed by distillation and the residue dissolved in 30 ml. of acetonitrile. The product crystallized from this solution, yield 11.0 g., m.p. 197°-199°. This material was recrystallized from methanol/isopropanol, yield 8.0 g., m.p. 198.0°-200.0° dec. (corr.).

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